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This is the sporting equivalent of Caesar conquering Gaul and then, without apologizing, having the gall to tell survivors they’re invited to dinner at his palace — or, in this case, StubHub Center.

The Sons of Fredo Spanos, John and A.G., went on 1360 Radio from Minneapolis the other morning. They didn’t beg forgiveness for moving their Chargers/Judases north after hawking phlegm all over San Diego. They pitched for the folks they screwed to release their bygones, come on up, pay $100 to park, lay down about 200 zops per ticket, and help fill 25,000 seats their KO’d Fight for L.A. failed to do.

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